I’ve played and been able to make sound on a wine glass. And I have seen a few make some basic music. But this guy is amazing…
Musical Crystal Glasses Like Never Before
I ran across a site that had supposedly collected a number of images from his running of situations in which nature had taken its course and a tree had slowly enveloped an item. All of them where originally un-credited and I have tried to credit when I have found it.
Most policeman keep track [...]
…but it’s cheating. They want to drop it from the International Space Station. Besides the Engineering challenges detailed, I’d love to see a video showing it being done, and following it.
For most people, it’s enough to see their paper plane fly for a few feet.
The Japanese, however, want to send one 240 miles. . .through [...]
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There was a great tragedy on Christmas at the San Francisco Zoo…. But the fact a tiger killed 1 and hurt 2 more was only part of it…
“Somebody created a situation that really agitated her and gave her some sort of a method to break out,” zoo director Manuel Mollinedo was quoted as telling the [...]
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I’ve read many stories of people who have lived from gunshot woulds. And even a few cases a few cases where bullets had been left in the body. But this bellow case is unusual.
The death of Daniel Restrepo on Nov. 30 in Royal Palm Beach was a murder that began 12 years ago [...]
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Michael Schumacher can add the unofficial title of Germany’s fastest taxi driver to his other achievements after taking over behind the wheel to get his family to the airport on time.The retired Formula One champion drove the cab back to the airport himself after a trip out to the village of Gehuelz, near Coburg in [...]
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Almost straight out of the Flinstones an art exhbit got pulled over by Toronto police… make that an ‘86 Buick…
Michel de Broin, an artist, had totally stripped down a 1986 Buick Regal and outfitted it with 4 independent pedal and gear mechanisms. This was part of ‘art’ piece being exhibited at the Mercer Union Gallery [...]
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I had originally read this Telegraph article about a man who had what seemed like tree roots growing out of his feet and hands. A crazy story I wanted to dig up some video to pass on also. And of course, as soon as I found a video… The Telegraph posted video with [...]
I got passed the below story by a friend. He knew immediately what my reaction was going to be. If you have a weak stomach, or would rather not be shocked, then please do not read on.
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I have watched the peel get used as a base for Monster Garage project. That didn’t work all that great. Here on this Top Gear episode, they show both how ridiculous and versatile the Peel could be.
That little car would get destroyed fast here in the Bay Area the way some of the driver drive. [...]
